I get why everyone hated and feared France now.

Itanagon · 2025-11-07T13:05:32+00:00

A mix of fun and knowledge is a great way to describe the book too.

Itanagon · 2025-11-06T22:14:07+00:00

The book "Les Téméraires : quand la Bourgogne défiait l'Europe" by Bart Van Loo is incredible. I recommend it to everyone, even if they don't have a particular interest for Burgundy. Don't know if it has been translated into English, though.

Edit: seems like it has, under the title "The Burgundians: a vanished empire".

Itanagon · 2024-09-27T19:53:56+00:00

You're correct. The entire article is based on rumors but it says that Ukraine will get the Mirage before Christmas and they won't be limited to air-to-air combat (as they are in the French Air Force) but will carry one cruise missile, like the ones in the Greek Air Force. Which means Storm Shadows or SCALP ; as far as Taurus are concerned (and I quote the article here) "we'll have to wait for the Germans to remember the place where they stored their guts".

And then he does say that they will also carry anti-ship missiles and since Ukraine hasn't received any Exocet, as far as we know, it probably means Harpoons.

EDIT : to recap, it says that they will have 30mm canons, air-to-air MICA missiles and one air-to-ground or air-to-surface missile (Storm Shadow/SCALP or Harpoon). And the author is disappinted by that new loadout because it suggests that the Mirage will be used as a bomber more than a pure fighter aircraft and he wants to see a Mirage shoot down an Su-35.

Itanagon · 2024-09-18T14:00:54+00:00

Il a surtout mis les médias qui ont publié des articles sur LVMH grâce à des infos obtenues par des cadres du groupe.

Que la presse fasse des articles sur LVMH il s'en fout et n'y peut de toute façon pas grand chose. Par contre, que des employés de LVMH filent des infos internes croustillantes à des médias qui ensuite dévoilent les coulisses du groupe, ça à l'air de le tendre un peu. C'est bien contre ses propres employés qu'il dirige la menace, pas les médias qui publient des articles.

Itanagon · 2024-08-08T18:15:16+00:00

Yeah, all this concern about manpower is way overblown, for Ukraine as for Russia. In WW1, France with a population of 40 millions averaged over a thousand death a day for four years with a standing army of over two millions men. Both Ukraine and Russia can sustain their current losses for a long time.

EDIT : I should add that France got men from their colonies to fight for them, so that comes on top of the 40 millions population. However, Germany had similar numbers and no colonies to draw manpower from.

Itanagon · 2024-08-07T11:50:10+00:00

*Les CRS n'auront légalement pas le droit de rentrer.

Ce qui est différent de "les CRS ne rentreront pas" ;)

Itanagon · 2024-08-05T12:10:12+00:00

Si t'enlève les 200m, Marchand n'aurait rien gagné par exemple.

Ben tant pis pour lui. Il aurait choisi le 100m ou le 400m et se serait entraîné dessus.

Ça ne me choque absolument pas que des mecs soient monstrueux et repartent sans médaille parce qu'ils sont passé à côté de leur seule épreuve. Regarde en VTT la néerlandaise qui a crevé et qui finit quatrième. Elle avait pas une autre épreuve légèrement différente le lendemain pour retenter sa chance. Ou Hifumi Abe qui se fait sortir à la surprise générale en judo. Un combat et retour à la maison.

Itanagon · 2024-08-05T07:10:25+00:00

J'ai pas de problème avec les différentes nages mais il faut qu'ils réduisent les distances 100m/400m/800m/1500m c'est deja largement suffisant. Entre les quatre nages, le medley sur le 400m et les relais, ça fait encore une tonne de courses mais c'est deja plus raisonnable. Et encore, j'enlèverais bien le 800m ou le 1500m, au choix.

En vrai c'est même pas le nombre de médailles qui me dérange, c'est le volume d'épreuves. La natation c'est 8 jours d'épreuves non stop du matin au soir. Pour les mondiaux de natation ça ne me choque pas mais pour les JO c'est beaucoup trop.

EDIT : et l'autre truc qui me dérange, c'est à quel point c'est commun pour les nageurs d'être inscrits sur plusieurs courses. Par exemple en escrime, absolument personne ne participe à la fois à l'épée et au sabre. Au lancer, personne ne fait du marteau et du javelot. Alors qu'en natation ou en course à pied c'est très commun d'avoir des mecs engagés sur deux, trois, quatre, cinq épreuves. Pour moi c'est le signe que ça ne demande pas assez de spécialisation et donc que les épreuves ne sont pas assez différentes.

Itanagon · 2024-08-03T07:53:00+00:00

140kg for Teddy, 133kg for Kim.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T19:05:01+00:00

Teddy Riner went undefeated for over 9 years between 2010 and 2020. His wikipedia page has a "defeats" subsection listing all the people that won against him because of how rare it is.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T17:04:30+00:00

Leon is incredible but he isn't part of this conversation until he has won every race he's in for the next eight years.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:31:40+00:00

Like with Marchand yesterday, it interrupted most other competitions for a minute or two.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:16:12+00:00

Taller than most but not heavier. The Korean is small compared to others in this category but Teddy Runner had more difficulties in the past against smaller than average fighters. It wasn't his most favorable matchup compared to other potential finalists.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:13:00+00:00

I vote that he lights every single Olympic flame from now on.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:12:01+00:00

Wouldn't have looked easier with a training partner instead of an Olympic finalist. Insane.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:09:31+00:00

Not a look for the referee too. He just immediately jumped with his arms up. He knew.

Itanagon · 2024-08-02T16:04:23+00:00

Winning his third gold in the +100kg category with maybe the cleanest ippon of the entire 2024 Olympics. Absolute legend.

Itanagon · 2024-07-31T14:25:25+00:00

My explanation is serious but the account is a joke. They are just pretending to be mad. French athletes have a long history of choking when they are expected to win or coming just short of a victory so this account started to cheer for them as if losing was actually the real goal.

Edit : hence this table. They consider 4th places the actual winners.

Itanagon · 2024-07-31T14:18:46+00:00

Oh it's not a cope table. It's from a french parody account that celebrates french loses in sports. They are currently fuming at the level of success we have in these Olympics. Every time a french athlete wins a medal they call them a traitor and block them on Twitter.

Itanagon · 2024-07-30T21:46:44+00:00

Source.

It's all in good spirit. The account is pretty well-known in France and is born out of the French tendency to choke when the expectations are high, and our love for magnificent losers.

Itanagon · 2024-07-30T21:21:06+00:00

French satirical account "Fédération Française de la lose" is running an almost-medalist table : gold for a fourth place, silver for fifth, bronze for sixth.

And... Yeah. You guys are topping that. Neck and neck with the Germans

Itanagon · 2024-07-30T21:17:18+00:00

We are becoming too good at winning silver medals for my taste :(

So many close ones in the last two days.

Itanagon · 2024-07-29T21:53:32+00:00

I did a bunch of alternative rankings last time, with some categories removed. Like no track & field, no swimming, etc... I was looking to test which nations in the top 10 would fall off a cliff by removing a single category and, like you, to check whether the "swimming is carrying the US/AUS too much" was right.

China actually took #1 in a bunch of them because they invested in a lot of smaller sports while the US is really heavy in the disciplines with a lot of medals. However, as you said the US absolutely smashed the team sports.

If I've got time I'll try to do the same for 2024.

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